Join Scot Pipkin, Director of Education & Engagement at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, and Museum Teaching Artists for this family-friendly adventure in birdwatching and sketching in Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden. Afterwards, walk to the Museum’s neighboring Ridley-Tree Education Center at McCormick House and create more art inspired by the exhibition Flowers on A River: The Art of Chinese Flower-and-Bird Painting, 1368–1911, Masterworks from Tianjin Museum and Changzhou Museum.

All materials and sketchbooks included. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Program Timeline
9:30 – 10 am: Check-in, Ridley-Tree Education Center (Arrellaga Street Gate)
10 – 10:25 am: Bird walk with Scot Pipkin & Sketching, Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden
10:30 – 11:30 am: Art making in the studios, Ridley-Tree Education Center

For more information, call 805.884.6457 or email communityprograms@sbma.net. Ages 5 – 7 and their families.

Alice Keck Memorial Garden,
1500 Santa Barbara Street and
Ridley Tree Education Center,
1600 Santa Barbara Street